Re: BoCon - when ? <!-- s/Bo/Bi/ -->

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad at cs dot toronto dot edu>]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Muhammad Alkarouri wrote:

> > bicon_cat:  is now called bconsole_vu.
> > bicon_start:  like unicode_start, sets keymap and font.
> > bicon_stop:  like unicode_stop, ...
> > bicon_filter:  what is called bicon now.
> > bicon_console:  abicon script.
> > bicon_tty:  a mingetty equivalent, or something that simply calls
> >   mingetty inside a bicon shell.
>
> I don't think we can do a bicon_start and bicon_stop. A bicon_console is

Huh, why??  You are already doing that in your abicon, and my
sophisticated versions are in the old bicon script.

> sensible, or a biconsole (the least funky name;). I don't want to rename
> abicon multiple times, so if no agreed suggestions are there by tonight,
> I will rename to bicon_console, and release an alpha.
> The main naming idea is sensible, surely.
>
> I hope that you will be able to finish bconsole off today, Behdad. That
> was one of the main reasons I am releasing an alpha, not beta. I think
> that the code now is above alpha quality already, and we need general
> testing.

Release it for now.  We get a beta later with the fix.

> Out of curiousity, though, what is the bug exactly?

A ZWNJ is converted to U-FFFF, which is peacefully ignored in
console, but not in gnome-terminal, etc.

> To conclude:
> - We will have a single arabic keymap and use symbolic links.
> - abicon name makes no sense, point taken, rename to bicon_console.
> - I will have an alpha release today, with the status quo. That is,
> holding back installation of bconsole and bjoining and their scripts. We
> need at least some documentation for these (at least man pages).
>
> After releasing, I will file a bug to request an arabeyes bugzilla
> project. Bugs should be documented there.
>
> Targets for next alpha:
> - bconsole
> - better documentation
> - rpm,deb (not show stoppers)
>
> Regards,
> Muhammad Alkarouri

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